In an effort to quiet his loud pet parrot, a robotics student has created what must certainly be one of the most complex devices ever to be operated by a bird. The "Bird Buggy" lets the parrot roll safely around the house — and keeps his beak occupied. Andrew ...

So, after four months of design work, Gray brought the Bird Buggy from concept to reality, complete with infrared sensors that keep Pepper from ramming into a wall or other obstacles in the home. And when Pepper decides to ditch his ride, the buggy can even ...

The robotic BirdBuggy came from the mind of Andrew Grey, an engineering student at the University of Florida, according to The Alligator. BirdBuggy has a joystick that allows Pepper the parrot to control its motion in four directions, as well as front bump ...

That's exactly what Andrew Gray -- a retired Navy officer currently pursuing his master's in engineering at the University of Florida -- created for his beloved family parrot, Pepper. Gray invented the Bird Buggy, a robotic vehicle with two-wheel drive that the ...

Go ahead and check out the BirdBuggy above. The both innovative and bizarre, totally tricked out mobile device was posted by YouTube user viron11111 and reminds me a bit of a Segway... for birds. I have to admit, that parrot did look pretty happy.

This robotic "bird buggy" was the brainchild of his human companion, Andrew Gray, a 29-year-old electrical and computer engineering graduate student at the University of Florida. It was inspired by Pepper's growing frustration with his human family's rude ...

This Man Built A Robotic Car To Quiet His Annoying Parrot. The car (called the BirdBuggy) is electric, with the forward wheels powered and casters at the rear. The parrot has a perch, and controls the car with a four-way joystick that moves the car forward and ...

Andrew Gray, a student at the Electrical and Computer Engineering department of the University of Florida, designed the BirdBuggy to solve a problem he was having with Pepper, his loud bird. "Our parrot, when he's left alone, screams. It's ear piercing even if ...

In a heart-warming tale of an Engineer who made his wing-clipped parrot a cool robotic toy, we present to you Andrew Gray, a 29-year-old electrical and computer engineering graduate student at the University of Florida. Gray's African grey parrot who goes ...

In a new YouTube video, uploaded by user viron11111, Pepper hits the streets -- of what looks to be a suburban backyard -- in a homemade, joystick-controlled buggy. SEE ALSO: Birds in Latvia Take Back Twitter. The buggy has four wheels, a bottom ...

The electric car that the 29-year-old University of Florida graduate student constructed allows the bird to cruise around the house by using a beak-operated joystick. Should Pepper take a congested route, the Bird Buggy's sensors prevent it from bumping into ...

"So I built the Bird Buggy." Gray said Pepper steers the robotic car with his beak. "He knows how to drive, forwards, backwards, left and right," Gray said. "He loves his new toy." He said the car had sensors to make sure Pepper doesn't crash. Gray said the Bird...